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Hawick man admits throwing hot drink over partner

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Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

35-year-old jailed for assaulting his dad, 72, in Kelso

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Selkirk Sheriff Court.

Galashiels man fined £350 over struggle with wife

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Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

21-year-old admonished over bust-up at Melrose Rugby Club

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Community banker out to fill gap left by closures

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Planning policy changes suggested to halt decline of Borders’ high streets

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Hawick music festival appealing for handout

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Peter joins the ex club at cup night

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Councillor Davie Paterson has supported High Street residents.

Hawick bar and grill bid dropped after failing to curry favour with neighbours

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The Borders General Hospital at Melrose.

Woman jailed for spitting at Borders hospital staff

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Transport More Transport >>

Galafoot bridge to close eastbound for 10 weeks from August 5

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The A1 at Penmanshiel.

Student caused crash by falling asleep while driving along A1 in Borders

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Scene of fatal motorbike accident at Eildon Road, Hawick.

Police appeal for witnesses after motorcyclist dies in Hawick

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Galashiels and district councillor Euan Jardine on Windyknowe Road in Galashiels, for which he successfully campaigned for signs which is hoped to slow traffic down.

New safety measures for Windyknowe Road

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Rail campaigner Kim Elliot in Hawick.

Full steam ahead 50 years on for Hawick rail campaigner

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Crime More Crime >>

Hawick man admits throwing hot drink over partner

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Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

35-year-old jailed for assaulting his dad, 72, in Kelso

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Selkirk Sheriff Court.

Galashiels man fined £350 over struggle with wife

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Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

21-year-old admonished over bust-up at Melrose Rugby Club

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Education More Education >>

Tapestry already inspiring artistic efforts by Borders youngsters

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Earlston High School's production of Les Miserables

Earlston pupils pull off Les Mis masterpiece

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St Margaret's RC Primary School in Hawick.

Tour of Hawick school on offer ahead of closure this summer

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John Swinney with the dig party, which includes local school pupils, council leader Shona Haslam and local councillors.

VIDEO: John Swinney at Jedburgh intergenerational school campus site

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Councillor Carol Hamilton supervises as council leader Shona Haslam and deputy first minister John Swinney help pupils Sana Saukawa (Howdenburn), Kira Renilson (Jed Grammar) Alice Hickson (Howdenburn), Harry Brown (Jed Grammar) and Ella McGovern and Ellie Scott (both Parkside) get the earth moving on the new campus on Monday afternoon.

John Swinney hails Jedburgh’s ‘real prize’ as model for future

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Business More Business >>

Community banker out to fill gap left by closures

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Hawick High Street.

Planning policy changes suggested to halt decline of Borders’ high streets

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Councillor Davie Paterson has supported High Street residents.

Hawick bar and grill bid dropped after failing to curry favour with neighbours

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Repairs to Galafoot Bridge will commence on August 5 and last for 10 weeks.

Galafoot bridge to close eastbound for 10 weeks from August 5

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Politics More Politics >>

Planning policy changes suggested to halt decline of Borders’ high streets

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Eric Faulkner.

Hawick music festival appealing for handout

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Borders MP John Lamont and MSP Rachael Hamilton at Ancrum.

MP and MSP on biggest summer surgery tour of Borders yet

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Borders MP John Lamont at last year's general election count in Kelso.

‘Dark money’ not at all shady, insists MP

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Highlander Alistair McLeish from Selkirk.

Selkirk soldier found dead at Army barracks

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Environment More Environment >>

Long-term weather forecast shows there’s no end in sight for Britain’s heatwave

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Only 27 salmon and five sea trout were caught last week.

Tweed fishing ‘all but ceased’ due to heat

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Catherine Maxwell Stuart at Traquair House with a map of the planned paths.

Work under way on £200,000 new path network near Innerleithen

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Gala Waterways Group volunteers work on the town's Mill Lade behind the Iceland supermarket car park in High Street last year.

You can bank on group to clean up

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Health More Health >>

NHS Borders facing funding shortfall of more than £11m

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Selkirkshire councillor Elaine Thornton-Nicol campaigned earlier this year to keep a GP practice in Newtown St Boswells.

Residents given four options for future of Newtown St Boswells medical practice

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Lucy Lintott with Doddie Weir, right, and Lawrence Cowan, chairman of MND Scotland.

Doddie Weir marks end of first year since revealing MND diagnosis with £100,000 charity cheque handover

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Borders MSP Rachael Hamilton at Holyrood.

MSP calling for action to tackle bed-blocking in Borders

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The Margaret Kerr Unit at the Borders General Hospital.

Borders General Hospital worker denies stealing money from end-of-life care unit

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